I don’t see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn’t need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty. Joy Harjo Read Quote
I don’t stay in accent or anything, but internally, I get quite dark and destroy myself a little bit. But that’s what I do, and I enjoy it. It’s how I do my work. Kaya Scodelario Read Quote
It’s not like everything was given to me. I had to really work hard for it and earn it. Frances Tiafoe Read Quote
The leaders come up from the volunteers that do the work, and it’s amazing because then they do these incredible things in their community that they never thought they had the power to make that happen. Dolores Huerta Read Quote
My girlfriend in eighth grade had been asking her friends when I was going to kiss her. At a dance, my buddy said, ‘You better do it now!’ I went in for it. I felt like the coolest person on the face of the earth. A week or two later, she broke up with me. Michael Rady Read Quote
Guitar gigs were everywhere in the ’50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a few gigs with an organ band that put me out front. George Benson Read Quote
